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Originally Posted by Namekuseijin
Why, again? There's no copyright protection, so there's no profit to be made. Why would then he keep it all to himself or burn it down? Childish behaviour? Sadist revenge on mankind? "You made me suffer for lacking my father's talent and having had to go to medical school, now take that you lamers!"
Makes no sense. He would just give it away to fans anyway.
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Lack of copyright protection does not automatically provide public access to private papers; I'm not sure why you feel that it would. Perhaps the Tolkien family would have given all Professor Tolkein's papers away (one would hope that they would give them to a university or a library), but it's just as likely they would have been sold at auction and been forever split up among a multitude of private collectors, thus removing forever the opportunity for publication of posthumous works.
I think my point is entirely valid, that the opportunity to publish posthumously is encouraged by existing copyright legislation. Perhaps you disagree - you're very welcome to do so.